San Diego would be the perfect fit for Parcells if he wanted to win quickly and coach great talent. The defining moments of Parcells’ career were his two Super Bowl championships with the Giants in 1987 and 1991. Phil Simms led the Giants to victory in Super Bowl XXI along with running back Joe Morris, tight end Mark Bavaro and linebacker Lawrence Taylor. The Super Bowl XXV team had Jeff Hostetler at quarterback, veteran running back Ottis Anderson and Taylor and Bavaro.

The current San Diego roster includes MVP running back LaDainian Tomlinson and arguably the best athlete in the league in tight end Antonio Gates. Linebacker Shawne Merriman looks like a Taylor clone while Phillip Rivers is already playing at a Pro bowl level. Marty Schottenheimer will likely be gone after the 2007 season and Parcells could take over a franchise that could easily make several trips to the Super Bowl over the next five seasons. The warm climate of San Diego along with a world-class racetrack at Del Mar would also make a move out west easy for the Tuna to digest.

* Jihad of the heart/soul (jihad bin nafs/qalb) is an inner struggle of good against evil in the mind, through concepts such as tawhid.
* Jihad by the tongue (jihad bil lisan) is a struggle of good against evil waged by writing and speech, such as in the form of dawah (proselytizing), Khutbas (sermons), et al. It is one weapon in the jihadi arsenal.
* Jihad by the pen and knowledge (jihad bil qalam/ilm) is a struggle for good against evil through scholarly study of Islam, ijtihad (legal reasoning), and through sciences (such as medical sciences).
* Jihad by the hand (jihad bil yad) refers to a struggle of good against evil waged by actions or with one's wealth, such as going on the Hajj pilgrimage (seen as the best jihad for women), taking care of elderly parents, providing funding for jihad, political activity for furthering the cause of Islam, stopping evil by force, espionage, and the penetration of Western universities by salafi Islamic ideology, in numerous Middle East Studies departments funded by Saudi Arabia.
* Jihad by the sword (jihad bis saif) refers to qital fi sabilillah (armed fighting in the way of God, or holy war), the most common usage by Salafi Muslims and offshoots of the Muslim Brotherhood.